novelraw Chapter 476 - 250, Taizu is the true dragon, and the rest of the emperors are merely fake dragons.
Chapter 476 - 250, Taizu is the true dragon, and the rest of the emperors are merely fake dragons.
There are many strange encounters in the Cultivation World.
He, for instance, had cultivated a secret technique from the Shadow Assassination Hall that burned his lifespan, transforming him from a mortal into a cultivator. This path should have led to an early grave, or death during a mission. Yet, fortune had smiled upon him. Not only did he survive, but over nearly two hundred years, his cultivation had advanced, and he had even become a minor Manager in the Shadow Assassination Hall.
As long as no corpse was found, anything was possible.
"I have been cultivating for so many years, and I have already come to terms with Yunniang’s death." Xu Xing waved his hand, signaling to the King of Might not to comfort him anymore. He shook his head and said, "But it is truly hateful that the enemy has desecrated my wife’s tomb... This matter weighs heavily on my heart, and I cannot find peace with it..."
Although he had not personally witnessed Zhao Yunniang’s death, Nie Shu had seen it all and mentioned it in her letter to him. Zhao Yunniang’s death was an unchangeable fact, set in stone.
"Since the imperial tombs of Emperor Jingjia and Emperor Guangwen are untouched, the thief must have come to Yanxia Mountain more than forty years ago..." Upon hearing this, the King of Might nodded and began to analyze the information Xu Xing had just provided.
"Fourth Brother, you are now just over two hundred years old, yet he called you an old thief. This means his age must be less than yours, likely over a hundred years old. And the person who dares to seek this revenge must possess extraordinary talent. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have such audacity," he stated.
"Does Second Brother know who did it?" Xu Xing raised an eyebrow. He had definitely found the right person. Just from listening to this brief intelligence analysis, he knew the King of Might was no ordinary man. Indeed, before Xu Xing joined Mount Siming, the King of Might had been the housekeeper who assisted Yao Dang in managing the Mountain Stronghold’s internal affairs. In terms of ability, while perhaps slightly inferior to Xu Xing back then, after more than two hundred years of tempering in the Shadow Assassination Hall, the current King of Might was undoubtedly his equal in intelligence analysis. After all, everyone has their own expertise.
"I can roughly guess a few individuals, but I dare not be too certain. While not numerous, there are still quite a few people in the Flying Feather Immortal Palace who hold a grudge against you, Fourth Brother..."
"This requires me to return to the Shadow Assassination Hall for further investigation, to see who has visited Shenjing in Fengxi Country within the last forty years..." The King of Might sipped his wine, pondered for a moment, and then spoke.
The Shadow Assassination Hall never slacked in its investigation of Prides of Heaven from other schools, and Xu Xing had been precisely such a figure during the Flying Feather Immortal Palace’s peak. Within a few decades of joining the Flying Feather Immortal Palace, Xu Xing had been accepted as a disciple by the Giant Sword Daoist Monarch. He almost became the Eighth Chief of the Master and Disciple Lineage. Although Ruan Baimei, with his Taibai Immortal Body, ranked sixth on the Human Rankings—one place above Xu Xing—this was clearly linked to his family background and longer cultivation time. Events had proven the Shadow Assassination Hall hadn’t misjudged back then. Xu Xing was now a Nascent Soul Daoist Lord, while Ruan Baimei, despite his distinguished status, remained in the Dao Pill Realm, a full major Realm behind Xu Xing.
"However... there’s a puzzling point in this matter. With your cultivation and Divine Sense, Fourth Brother, penetrating the packed earth of the imperial tomb to reach the coffin would naturally be extremely simple for you," King of Might mused. "The imperial tomb is buried tens of zhang deep. For an ordinary cultivator to destroy the coffin without disturbing the packed earth above would be exceedingly difficult..." He hesitated for a moment, his gaze shifting to Xu Xing as he pointed out this particular inconsistency.
The packed earth sealing the Fengling Mausoleum and the tombs of the six Xu Family emperors was completely intact, with no external damage. Had Xu Xing not investigated with his Divine Sense, the changes within would have gone unnoticed. However, for an ordinary cultivator’s Divine Sense to penetrate tens of zhang of packed earth is already challenging, let alone exerting force to destroy the coffin within. The packed earth of the imperial tombs is mostly rammed earth, its hardness comparable to, if not exceeding, that of metal. It is extremely sturdy. Furthermore, stealing a corpse from the tomb chamber without disturbing the packed earth would be no easy feat.
The reason the culprit didn’t disturb the exterior of the imperial tombs was also easy to explain. Fengxi Country is currently ruled by the Xu Royal Family. If any changes to the imperial tombs were discovered, the Imperial Court would certainly not ignore it. Therefore, if the culprit had disturbed the tomb’s exterior, their efforts to "dispose of the corpse" elsewhere to hide their deed would have been futile.
"Second Brother makes sense."
"It’s no simple task for a Dao Pill Realm cultivator to use Divine Sense to move an imperial coffin, weighing a thousand jun, through the packed earth without disturbing the tomb’s surface," Xu Xing said, instantly realizing the peculiarity of the situation upon hearing this.
Foundation Establishment Cultivators can manipulate objects with their Divine Sense effortlessly. However, to move an imperial coffin weighing a thousand jun through tens of zhang of packed earth is a formidable task, even for a late-stage Dao Pill Realm cultivator. Let alone remotely retrieving a corpse from a sealed chamber.
Realizing this, Xu Xing felt a wave of relief wash over him. It was true that the perpetrator who desecrated the imperial tombs disturbed the rest of the deceased. However, they might not have actually stolen Zhao Yunniang’s remains and scattered her ashes. A cultivator might use certain secret arts to temporarily enhance their Divine Sense enough to move the imperial coffin. But to "remotely retrieve an object" like this, from within the sealed tomb, is something only legendary Immortals could achieve.
"It was my fault. Seeing the imperial tomb desecrated, I reacted rashly and failed to consider things thoroughly..."
"Thank you for the reminder, Second Brother." Xu Xing picked up the wine pot, a look of gratitude on his face. After pouring a cup of wine for himself and the King of Might, he raised his Wine cup with both hands and spoke.
The two clinked their cups, covered their faces with their sleeves, and drank the wine.
"Secret treasures that can enhance Divine Sense are rare in this world. If I return to the sect and investigate a little, I expect I’ll have some news for you..."
"In five days, same place." The King of Might stood up, clasped his hands towards Xu Xing, and said.